There’s a lot of panic and concern among users of wireless microphones and other wireless systems that the sale of the 700-800MHz range will now be off limits. In fact, it’s a $10,000 fine to transmit in that frequency range. Both Shure and Sennheiser are offering rebates for their systems that use that bandwidth but here’s the truth: this is the frequency range that will be vacated by television signals when the conversion to digital occurs next Friday. That’s it. The Shure PGX2/SM58 wireless transmitter operating frequencies are 572.250-589.785MHz so if you are on of the millions of singers with that mic – you’re good. If you’re Boeing or some other large corporation that uses these frequencies for wireless communication in your plant, that’s something else. This does not affect the music industry at all.
If you’d like more info, check this link:
http://gigaom.com/2007/03/14/700mhz-explained/
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